If you’re thinking the Wald half baskets are not as convenient, you might be wrong.
I think of the half basket as a rimmed dish. Imagine you just cooked a nice pasta meal. You probably wouldn’t put the pasta in a bowl, but it would probably be more easy to eat with a rimmed dish, instead of a flat dish. In this case, a bowl is the full size basket, flat dish is the rack without a basket and the rimmed dish is the half basket.
What I’m trying to say is that the half basket could be easier to use in certain situations, compared to a full basket.
Basically, I think of the Wald Half Baskets as a “rack plus.”
I am personally a fan of the 139 half + messenger bag combo because of how well it fits. Another thing I like about the half baskets is that it’s easier to put on bikes with a low stem.
